Historical Events In August - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0682 On August - 17 st Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0754 On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1180 On this day in history yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira
1227 On this day in history death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.
1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.
1498 Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess on August - 17.
1510 On August - 17 edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.
1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France on this day in history.
1553 On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1563 On August - 17 king Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1577 On this day in history peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on August - 17.
1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma on August - 17.
1586 On August - 17 johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)
1590 On this day in history john White returns to Roanoke, Virginia to find no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier [or Aug 18, 1591]
1607 On this day in history pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]
1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history -20] Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish
1676 On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies
1681 On August - 17 nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76
1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer on August - 17.
1717 On August - 17 france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement
1720 On August - 17 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1730 Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1743 Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty on August - 17.
1775 Philippe Libon, composer on August - 17.
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer on this day in history.
1785 On August - 17 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 On this day in history the birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo
1786 On August - 17 davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)
1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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